Effect of Fusobacterium necrophorum Leukotoxoid Vaccine on Susceptibility to Experimentally Induced Liver Abscesses in Cattle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1160-1166

  Saginala, S ^a   Nagaraja, T G ^a   Lechtenberg, K F ^b   Chengappa, M M ^a   Kemp, K E ^a   Hine, P M ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Midwest Veterinary Supply Inc   (United States)

^c MALLINCKRODT PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusobacterium necrophorum; Liver Abscesses; Steers; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM;

BACTERIAL VACCINE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; EXOTOXIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LEUKOTOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXOTOXINS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE;

EID: 0031114033     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.7541160x     Document Type: Article

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